| Policing Citizens: Police, Power and the State Contributor(s): Waddington, P. a. J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1857286936 ISBN-13: 9781857286939 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $60.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Law Enforcement - Social Science | Criminology - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 363.232 |
| LCCN: 00506092 |
| Lexile Measure: 1410 |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6.14" W x 9.17" (1.16 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This analysis of policing throughout the modern world demonstrates how many of the contentious issues surrounding the police in recent years - from paramilitarism to community policing - have their origins in the fundamentals of the police role. The author argues that this results from a fundamental tension within this role. In liberal democratic societies, police are custodians of the state's monopoly of legitimate force, yet they also wield authority over citizens who have their own set of rights. |